Long glass is rusty

[KenJ8246]

Of course, it could also be me.    I took the 300mm + 80mm of extension out to Carter Creek late yesterday and one of us is rusty.  Definitely need some practice with this.  

#1 Damselfly

#2 Hopper

#3 Green lynx spider

#4 Medium-sized garden spider Argiope, I believe

Thanks for viewing.

[motleypixel]

Well rusty is relative...it's fun switching up from time-to-time.  The hopper may be a little soft, but I think the Lynx is good and so is the spider.

[DigitalScape]

I concur with Roy on the hopper and spider images.  The damselfly image is not showing - looks like there might be a problem with the hot-link coding. 
   
The hopper image's shutter speed was 1/15 second.  Kudos toy you if you shot that handheld and still got that image.   The softness might be a little camera movement from pressing the shutter release button (the other two images have shutter speeds in the same speed and look sharp, so I may not know what I am talking about either).

[motleypixel]

Fixed the damsel link...nice shot there too...good ambient light exposure.

[KenJ8246]

Thanks guys.   I WISH I could handhold 1/15.   These were off the tripod...rig is much too much to handhold just from a weight perspective.

[DigitalScape]

I was going to give you the benefit of the doubt, and went with the handheld and the nerves of steel.

[KenJ8246]

Ah, I see.  Well, all except the nerves of steel part.